Exclusive: 252 GP registrar places left vacant as applications collapse
More than 250 GP training places remain empty — compared with last year’s shortfall of 82 — as the number of junior doctors applying for GP training plummets. Just 1749 doctors…
Tag: Medical training
General practice loses ground among preferred specialties: national training survey
General practice has fallen further as a first-choice specialty, according to a Medical Board of Australia survey of 4500 doctors in training. Just 15% of…
Premier announces ‘much broader’ trial of salaries for GP registrars
GP registrars in Tasmania will have the option of being employed by the State Government in a major expansion to the so-called single-employer model for GP…
KFP stays on paper after computer exam fails final test
The RACGP has scrapped plans for a computerised Key Feature Problem exam with just two weeks to spare, announcing it will stick with a paper exam after identifying a software…
The future of GP training? Remote supervision sees registrar set up 1400km offshore
Dr Peter Hopcroft is completing his GP training 1400km east of Sydney, on a tiny island in the South Pacific. It’s an unlikely place to find a registrar. Norfolk…
Doctors threatened with ‘uncomfortable chairs’ after hospital tells them to stop napping on night shifts
Junior doctors at a hospital in Sydney have been threatened with an increased workload and “less comfortable chairs” for napping on overnight shifts, in a…
Workforce crisis? Another 11,000 GPs need to be found in the next 10 years, new report warns
The GP workforce crisis will be 10 times worse by 2031 based on the failure to fill training places and an exodus of GPs either retiring or finding new…
A bidding war? Why GP registrars are being offered $30,000 in cash
The Victorian Government’s pledge to fund $20 pharmacist consultations yesterday overshadowed significant other news. Unusually, it was good news for GPs. The Andrews Government, if re-elected on…
What’s stopping male doctors from pursuing a career in obstetrics and gynaecology?
Should the gender of junior doctors applying to become RANZCOG trainees be blinded during parts of the selection process to limit any possible discrimination against…
RACP swears off computer-based exams after multiple failures
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians says it will not return to computer-based exams after IT problems stopped around 100 trainees starting their Basic Training Divisional Written Exam on…
